Google Updates: all the updates to the search engine algorithm
Every day, the Google Search system undergoes an average of about 13 change operations, bringing the total to nearly 5,000 changes per year, which cause a more or less noticeable impact on the SERPs, the search results pages.
These Google updates encompass a wide range of operations, such as user interface changes, new feature launches, troubleshooting, and, most importantly, ranking interventions, between those that remain unconfirmed and the official Broad Core Updates, updates to Google’s overall Search algorithm in light of new quality metrics or search intent changes.
Each algorithm change and update by Google aims to always ensure the quality of search results for users, always providing the most relevant answers to the queries and needs of those using the search engine.
Thanks to this timeline and our blog articles, it is possible to keep track of all official and confirmed Google algorithm updates, to read the main information about each one and find out what aspects it is going to change, so that you can work on making the appropriate optimizations to your site and content.
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13 March 2019
Google March 2019 Core Update
Big new Google algorithm update: March 2019 Core Update kicks off.
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1 August 2018
Google August 2018 Core Update
New Google algorithm update: It's the August 2019 Core Update, also known as the medical update or E-A-T update because it affected health sites and otherwise YMYL themes.
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9 July 2018
Mobile Speed Update
Speed becomes ranking factor even from mobile: Google's Speed update kicks off.
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26 March 2018
Google Mobile-first Index
Google has officially started the roll-out of its mobile-first index: for the first time, indexing is based on the mobile version of pages. Read more
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26 October 2017
Google RankBrain
Google has made RankBrain official, a machine learning technology that supports the activities of the ranking algorithm and helps the ranking of web pages.